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Chris Smith: “It is bipartisan. It is named after Frederick Douglass.”

On the recordMay 2, 2017
It is bipartisan. It is named after Frederick Douglass.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith highlights the bipartisan nature of the legislation named after Douglass.

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